Prakruti Parichay
ColumbidaeColumba

Ashy Wood Pigeon

Columba pulchricollis

36–36 cmLarge
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Himalayas and NE Indian hills. From Speckled by combination of dark slate-grey upperparts, no white spotting on wing-coverts, uniform dark slate-grey breast without 'speckling', a ndcreamy-buff belly and undertail-coverts which contrast with dark underside of tail. Has buff collar (at close range. rufous - buff tips to neck feathers contrast with dark bases. forming checkerboard pattern). and metallic green-and-purple sheen to lower neck and back. Juvenile has browner upperparts. with less distinct patterning on neck, and has rufous fringes to feathers of breast and belly. Dense broadleaved forest.

Colour

Buff / TanSlateGreyRufous / Red-brown
Average size
36 cm
Habitat
Dense broadleaved forest.
Behaviour
Resident.

About this bird

Resident. Himalayas and NE Indian hills. From Speckled by combination of dark slate-grey upperparts, no white spotting on wing-coverts, uniform dark slate-grey breast without 'speckling', a ndcreamy-buff belly and undertail-coverts which contrast with dark underside of tail. Has buff collar (at close range. rufous - buff tips to neck feathers contrast with dark bases. forming checkerboard pattern). and metallic green-and-purple sheen to lower neck and back. Juvenile has browner upperparts. with less distinct patterning on neck, and has rufous fringes to feathers of breast and belly. Dense broadleaved forest.

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Ashy Wood Pigeon is bigger than Grey-headed Lapwing but smaller than Eurasian Jackdaw.

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Ashy Wood Pigeon

Columba pulchricollis

36–36 cm